Northern River Sword

He Ruying has property in Hebi, and his house is called Songhe Bieyuan.He locked Qiu Guangcheng in the dungeon in the villa, and he must force him to reveal the contents of the Shaoyang Sword Manual.

Xie Beihan was seriously injured, and He Ruying took him back to Songhe Bieyuan to recuperate. He only told Qiu's family that when he chased him out, Qiu Guangcheng had disappeared.Previously, all the bodyguards followed He Ruying aggressively to seek money from the Qiu Family Manor, but the news spread like wildfire, and all the family members suspected that the owner of the Qiu Village had really robbed the bodyguards.Some people also said that the swordsmanship practiced by Qiu Zhuang is the Shaoyang swordsmanship, the leader He will not let him go, and the people in the villa will be implicated sooner or later.

The rumors became more and more true, everyone panicked, and there was no one in the village, within a few days, most of the servants in the Qiu family village fled away with all their belongings.

Songhe Bieyuan is not far from Qiujiazhuang, and it takes more than an hour to ride back and forth on horseback.He Ruying imprisoned Qiu Guangcheng and tortured him in every possible way.Qiu Guangcheng refused to draw the sword manual to death.He Ruying suspected that he did not burn the sword manual, secretly went back to Qiujiazhuang to search, but found no results.

In the early morning of this day, He Ruying heard someone report that a big fire suddenly broke out in the Qiu family village last night, the fire was raging and difficult to put out.Qiujiazhuang was burnt to ruins overnight, and now there is nothing left.

He Ruying was taken aback, and hurried to Qiujiazhuang on horseback.Sure enough, there was only a piece of ruins left in Qiujiazhuang, and the former majestic manor had become a piece of scorched earth, which was a pity.

In front of the manor, several loyal servants cried loudly and refused to leave.He Ruying asked someone about the situation when the fire was on fire, and that person recognized him as the leader of the Qiying League, so he said: "At about four o'clock at night, in my dream, I heard people shouting for water, beating gongs and drums, and the fire was soaring into the sky. , the yard was already in flames. I poured a basin of water on my face and rushed out, and the people in the villa fled. The fire was too big to be saved. The owner of the villa was only a few days away, and the villa was burned like this. How can we explain to the owner!"

He Ruying asked, "Where did the fire start?"

The man said: "The fire is burning out from the east along the wind. Everyone has checked it. There is a fire in the east courtyard. Someone poured wine on the beams, doors and windows and deliberately set the fire. The buildings in the courtyard are all made of wood. There are a lot of grass and trees in the area. When the wind blows, the fire will spread to the sky, and there is no way to save it."

He Ruying's heart trembled, and he went to see the source of the fire.The beams and pillars of the house where the wine was spilled have been burned, and there are several fragments of wine jars present, which were burned black.He asked the servant who first discovered the fire if he had seen any suspicious people.

The man said: "I saw a fire in the east courtyard, and I called for help to put out the fire. I saw a figure in the light of the fire, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid it was the thief who set the fire!"

He Ruying asked, "What does that man look like?"

The servant said: "It seems to be a young man, I can't see his face clearly."

He Ruying frowned, and pondered: "Young man?"

The person who came with him said: "Leader, I think that Qin Xiao may have come back to commit the crime. He hates Master Qiu for refusing to marry his daughter to him, so he set fire to his villa while he was away."

He Ruying still had doubts about this matter and did not draw a conclusion.He asked people to search carefully to find evidence and determine the identity of the person who set the fire.

Xie Beihan lay on the bed for several days, and at this time the doors and windows were closed tightly. Everyone thought he was recovering from illness and did not suspect him.

As he expected, the news that Qiujiazhuang was on fire soon reached He Ruying's ears.The dim light illuminated the room, Xie Beihan shook the silk, and a stale breath came to his face, it was the Shaoyang sword manual that countless people in the martial arts dreamed of.

He had been feigning illness for several days, but at night he sneaked into the Qiu Family Manor to search everywhere, and finally found the Shaoyang Sword Manual under a broken green brick in the study last night.He was ecstatic in his heart, since he found the sword manual, he didn't need to keep Qiujiazhuang anymore.In his heart, he hated Qiu Guangcheng for harming Xie's family, so he set a big fire and burned Qiu's family village into a piece of white ground, venting his hatred.

He Ruying searched all day, but found nothing. Not only the sword manual was hopeless, but also he had no clue who set the fire.Xie Beihan couldn't hide his excitement, he hid in the bed tent and stroked the silk, and said to himself: "There is nowhere to find it if you break through the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it! My dear, you are countless in the rivers and lakes." A good thing that people dream of! Several people in the Seven Leagues are fighting for you. He Ruying has tried his best, but he is not as lucky as me, so it shows that I am the one favored by heaven!"

At this moment, there was a light knock outside the door, and the door bolt was cut in half and fell to the ground.

Xie Beihan immediately became alert and shouted: "Who is it?" He didn't have time to collect the sword manual, so he stuffed it hastily and hid the silk under the bed.The door opened suddenly, and a figure flashed into the room, and gently closed the door, but it was Qin Xiao.

Xie Beihan saw who was coming, and blurted out: "It's you?"

Qin Xiao said indifferently: "It's me."

Xie Beihan knew that the visitor was not good, so he was very afraid.He Ruying is not in the villa at the moment, if he provokes this evil star, it will be even more serious.His mind turned sharply, thinking of a way to deal with him.

Qin Xiao's Beihe sword has been retrieved at this moment and is hanging on his waist.What he held in his hand was Qiu Guangcheng's usual Qiushui sword.Xie Beihan was startled, and suddenly remembered that the person who robbed the dart a few days ago relied on an Qiushui sword to pin the crime on Qiu Guangcheng.He couldn't help shivering, and said, "You were the one who robbed the darts that day?"

Qin Xiao looked at him as if he was looking at a dead person, there was no need to hide anything from him, and said calmly, "It's me."

Xie Beihan didn't want to believe it, and shook his head, "No... Qiu Guangcheng never left this Qiushui sword, how could you get it?"

Qin Xiao said coldly: "The Jianghu is so big, there are many skilled craftsmen. As long as you spread the money, you can naturally imitate any weapon you want."

Xie Beihan finally understood, and said in a trembling voice: "You are so ruthless, you deliberately pretended to be Qiu Guangcheng to rob the darts, and provoked me to fight with the Qiu family. "

Qin Xiao said: "It can take your life again."

As he spoke, the long sword in his hand trembled, and with a flash of cold light, the sword had already crossed Xie Beihan's throat.

There was a popping sound, and blood spattered half of the curtain.Xie Beihan fell down heavily, his hands were bent like claws before he died, and he was still unwilling to give up, as if he was going to take something into the grave, he stretched out his hands to grab the edge of the bed desperately.

Qin Xiao didn't pay attention to him, and while he was still breathing, he smashed the broken heart engraved with Xie Biao's name into Xie Beihan's chest with his bare hands.Xie Beihan jumped a few times like a fish landed on the shore, this time he was really dead.

Qin Xiao said coldly: "Father pays the debt. You killed Yuhua, so I will take your head to sacrifice her!" The long sword cut off Xie Beihan's head.

Qin Xiao tore off a pair of bed curtains, wrapped his head in the cloth, and strode out the door.It was already dark outside, he took advantage of the night's ups and downs to leave Songhe Bieyuan.

He came to Qiu Yuhua's grave, put Xie Beihan's head down, poured a jar of strong wine on the ground, and said, "Yuhua, I have already avenged you. My mother told me to kill the members of the Qiying League. I can't kill your father. He is locked in the dungeon. I went to see him. He has been thinking about you all the time. His spirit has collapsed. I will not kill him. Also, if there is another life, you will come to me. I will treat you well, and I will let you bully, beat and scold me to make you angry, and tell you to return all the grievances you have suffered for me in this life. "

As he spoke, he wiped the dust off the tombstone with his sleeves, and put his face on it.After a long time, as if hearing her response, she smiled lightly, but her eyes were red.

He said softly: "You can rest. From now on, I will come to see you every Qingming."

He got on his horse and looked back one last time.The moonlight was like water, and he seemed to see her clear smile.The long wind swept across the field, messing with his hair at the temples.Qin Xiao yelled and drove, coming and going in a hurry like the wind, and drove away in the night.

In the night, two figures stood furtively outside the wall of Songhe Courtyard.The clothes of the two were tattered and patched with patches. They were obviously two beggars.The boy was thin and tall, with a huge gourd on his back.The girl tidied up neatly and delicately, but she also looked around for fear of being discovered.It was Su Yi and Qiao Er.

Su Yi's lightness kung fu is good, let's go across the wall first.He fell to the ground like an autumn leaf, quietly, and turned around to pick up Qiaoer again.The two stooped their waists, hid in the shadow of the gable wall, and groped all the way to Xie Beihan's room.

Knowing that He Ruying was not in the villa, the two of them didn't feel so disturbed, they were only wary of the servants in the villa.

Su Yi found a lot of letters about money dealings with He Ruying at Xie's house last time, and he fell in love with Xie Beihan.Later, when he heard that the [-] taels of silver he had escorted had been robbed, his first thought was to guard himself and steal. He suspected that Xie Beihan and his bodyguards had staged such a play, so as to lose the money he promised to pay the Qiu family.

Xie Beihan was so bold that he enlisted the support of He Ruying, and came to discuss the case with Qiu Guangcheng.Su Yilai was a step late, and did not know the content of their conversation, but heard that Qiu Guangcheng disappeared after that.

The more Su Yi thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was strange, and he must investigate to the end.Qiao'er cherished her life, she was always a little afraid of these invisible things, but she had to listen to Su Yi's idea after all.He wanted to investigate, so she followed him, although she was a bit reluctant, but she was even more flustered when she didn't see him, she might as well risk her life to accompany the gentleman, and come to the dragon's lake and tiger's lair together with him.

Su Yi knew that her heart was beating all the time, so he coaxed her: "I think that 10 taels of silver must have been hidden by Xie Beihan. As long as we can find that money, we can spend it to our heart's content. What do you like to eat? What are you playing, let’s buy them all, and I’ll make you another two or three hundred sets of new clothes, and you can change him to seventeen or eight sets a day, and you won’t have to wear these tattered clothes again!”

Qiao'er has always been a little money fanatic, and she was really moved when she heard about money, and she immediately cast her fears to the sky, her eyes sparkling, as if she had already sat on a golden mountain.She was a little shy, and said: "That's not going to work, we are disciples of the beggar gang, we must not forget our roots. If we wear gold and silver, how can we look like beggars!"

Su Yi said: "Then what's the problem? You can just make a small patch on the skirt. If you are afraid of being conspicuous, we will buy new clothes for each of the brothers of the beggar gang. Everyone will wear red and green , who will tell you!"

Qiao'er laughed and said, "Everyone is dressed like a rich man, so what kind of beggars' gang is that?"

Su Yi said: "Then it's called the Rich Gang!" While speaking, he took her hand and walked into the side courtyard where Xie Beihan lived.